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Rachel West
Associate Editor / Senior Critic
Rachel West is a former senior producer for ET Canada and Cineplex with a B.A. (Honours) in Film Studies from Carleton University. She has interviewed everyone from Michael Fassbender to Miss Piggy and has reported live from TIFF, SXSW, Star Wars Celebration, Comic-Con, D23, CinemaCon, BAFTA Tea Party, the SAG Awards, and the Golden Globes, among other events. Her film writing and interviews have appeared in publications and outlets including Entertainment Tonight Canada, Global News, Shaw Connect, The National Post, Toronto Film Scene, Cineplex Magazine, CAA Magazine, Mondo Magazine, Discover Toronto, The Weather Network and more. Rachel’s hobbies include introducing herself to cats she meets on the street, travelling, quoting obscure lines from “The Simpsons” and posting all about it on Twitter. Rachel is a member of the Toronto Film Critics Association (TFCA), Alliance of Women Film Journalists (AWFJ) and has served on several film festival juries including the Rising Sun International Film Festival in Japan, the Tallgrass Film Festival and the ICFF Lavazza Inclucity Festival.Articles by Rachel West:
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August 8, 2020
TCM To Air Incredible Line-Up Of Female-Directed Movies For Women Make Film Program100 films from 100 filmmakers featuring movies from six continents, 44 countries and 12 decades of cinema
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July 2, 2020
Shelf Survey: The Best Things We Watched In June 2020From Da 5 Bloods to Batman, here’s what we were loving this month.
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June 13, 2020
Artemis Fowl Review: A Film Cursed To FailTwelve minutes into the movie, Colin Farrell gets in a helicopter and flies away, and frankly, we can’t blame him because it’s all downhill from there.
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June 2, 2020
Shelf Survey: The Best Things We Watched In MayFrom rediscovering old favourites, seeking out new VOD releases while cinemas are shuttered and finding gems on streaming platforms, there’s plenty to watch at home.
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May 12, 2020
All About Who You Know Review: A Genre-Subverting Rom-ComThe feature film debut from Canadian writer-director Jake Horowitz is a charmingly unique love story that begins with a boy’s love of film.
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May 11, 2020
Letterboxing: What Was The Last Movie You Saw In Cinemas?Remember movie theatres? It’s only been about eight weeks since cinemas shuttered their doors but it already feels like eons ago.
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May 7, 2020
Hot Docs At Home: 9/11 Kids ReviewAlmost 20 years after that fateful day, a new documentary explores what the children in the classroom with George W. Bush are up to now
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May 1, 2020
Shelf Survey: The Best Things We Watched In AprilWith pandemic lockdown through April, we’re only getting more acquainted with our TVs.
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April 30, 2020
How To Have A Colin Farrell Film FestivalBut how to throw yourself one? Should be easy, right? Find some Colin Farrell movies and watch them. But no, there’s a finer art that goes into curating the proper play order.
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April 2, 2020
Shelf Survey: The Best Things We Watched In MarchTiger King, Portrait Of A Lady On Fire and streamable content topped our what to watch list in March
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March 2, 2020
Shelf Survey: The Best Things We Watched In FebruaryThe writers of That Shelf have spent hours in front of screens big and small this because what better way to spend the mostly-frozen hellscape that is February in Canada?
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February 27, 2020
The Invisible Man ReviewPut any doubts about this film aside and buckle up for a wild cinematic ride that goes beyond the “is she or isn’t she crazy?” premise.
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